The Isles of Scilly form an archipelago of over 200 low-lying
granite islands and rocks situated in the South-West Approaches45
km south-west of Land's End at the extreme south-west of England.
The islands included within the SPA support a breeding seabird
assemblage of European importance. The isolated nature of the
islands and rocks, together with their low levels of disturbance
and predation, makes them particularly suitable for nesting
seabirds such as Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus and
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus. It should be noted
that the SPA boundary only encompasses those areas used for
nesting. The vast majority of the feeding areas used by the
seabirds are marine waters outside the SPA.

Note:

Many designated sites are on private land: the listing of
a site in these pages does not imply any right of public
access.

Note that sites selected for waterbird species on the basis of
their occurrence in the breeding, passage or winter periods also
provide legal protection for these species when they occur at other
times of the year.